CEMETERY: THARP /THARPE/THORP/THORPE FAMILY CEMETERY, Marion County, Ky
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Transcribed by: Brad Buck thebucks@core.com
Date: 27 April 2001
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Original Research by Marion Tharp, July 30, 1992 with updates by Brad Buck, April 27, 2001.
This cemetery is located on the west side of KY Highway 337, between a field and the
riparian tree line on the south side of the North Rolling Fork River, approximately 3 miles
south of Gravel Switch, KY, in eastern Marion County. At present there is only one marker
(Perry's) and field stone. The cemetery is laid out 15 X 5, for a maximum of 75 burials,
though it is not known how many burials are actually there. This is the family cemetery of
Perry Tharp who first settled the area. Perry (Periah) was a Revolutionary War Soldier from
PA, having enlisted in Monongahela, PA, rank of private. He participated in the battles of
Paoli, Germantown, and Bound Brook according to his pension papers.
Tharp, Perry (Private), family patriarch(1757-1845)
Tharp, Margaret Shuck, wife of Perry (1768 VA -1852)
Tharp, William (Sr.) (son of Perry) (1790-1863?)
Tharp, Sallie R. (wife of William) (1783-1863?)
Tharp, Andrew (son of Perry) (1797-5/6/1863)
Tharp, Betty Alford (wife of Andrew) (1816-1883)
Tharp, Jimmie (son of Andrew) (1849-?)
Tharp, Elizabeth (daughter of Andrew) (1857-?)
Tharp, Alanson (son of Perry) (1799-?)
Tharp, Georgia (1896-1896)